I don’t think the blank cheque handed to these emergent technologies is a function of the times in which they emerged. Rather it’s the fact that technology advances much faster than the wheels of government turn; it’s nearly inevitable that new technologies will be largely unregulated until government can catch up.

Truly. This global push towards mass surveillance is extremely alarming.

Full terrorist might be a bit much

I disagree. A society that sells the night sky to private interest deserves to burn.

These AI searches are really what I wanted AskJeeves to be way back in the day.